This year, 147 officers who died in previous years (before 2021) were added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Many of their stories of sacrifice had been lost to history until now. The recent expansion of the memorial has ensured that future heroes who are similarly discovered will be remembered for their courage and bravery.
Alabama
Police Officer
Randall Versie Smith
Birmingham Police Dept.
EOW: December 28, 2020
Police Officer
Roy Eugene Mangum Sr.
Fairfield Police Dept.
EOW: August 26, 1937
Deputy Sheriff Milton Ferguson
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 1, 1943
Deputy Sheriff Harry Lamb
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: July 17, 1928
Deputy Sheriff
Samuel Lewis Williams
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: October 13, 1927
Deputy Sheriff
James Crawford Bonner
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 26, 1913
Deputy Sheriff
Otha Zeiglar Dent
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: August 9, 1908
Deputy Sheriff
Robert King Vann
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 27, 1889
Deputy Sheriff
Shawn Russell Caine
St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: July 24, 2020
ARIZONA
Detention Officer
Miroslaw Mroczkowski
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: July 15, 2020
Detention Officer
Kevin Joseph Fletcher
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: July 6, 2020
ARKANSAS
Police Officer
Scott Anderson Hutton
Alexander Police Dept.
EOW: June 3, 2020
Deputy Sheriff
Malachi Thomas Thacker
Yell County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: December 27, 1929
CALIFORNIA
Sgt. Fred Steven Cueto
Los Angeles Police Dept.
EOW: December 6, 2020
Police Officer
Valentin Contreras Martinez
Los Angeles Police Dept.
EOW: July 24, 2020
Sr. Detention Officer
Erica Nicole McAdoo
Los Angeles Police Dept.
EOW: July 3, 2020
Deputy Probation Officer
Julio Beltran
Riverside County Probation Dept.
EOW: November 14, 2020
COLORADO
Deputy Sheriff Charles Wilcox
Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 19, 1899
CONNECTICUT
Trooper First Class
Eugene Kenneth Baron Jr.
CT State Police
EOW: May 25, 2020
FLORIDA
Sgt. Francesco Luigi Celico
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 9, 2011
GEORGIA
Investigator Richard M. Grant
DeKalb County Medical
Examiner’s Office
EOW: July 16, 2020
Corrections Officer
Onochie Sunday Ikedionwu
GA Dept. of Corrections
EOW: August 26, 2020
Deputy Warden
Roger Joe Hodge
GA Dept. of Corrections
EOW: April 14, 2020
Corporal
Christopher Jackson Dye
Walker County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: November 4, 2020
ILLINOIS
Deputy Sheriff
Richard Jose Santiago
Cook County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: October 20, 2020
Police Officer
Carl Daniel Dubson
Lockport Police Dept.
EOW: September 30, 1929
Police Officer
Joseph Thomas Cappello III
Melrose Park Police Dept.
EOW: April 24, 2020
Patrolman Roy Charles Liesveld
Moline Police Dept.
EOW: December 6, 1918
INDIANA
Town Marshal
James Joshua Payne
Fairmount Police Dept.
EOW: November 26, 1903
IOWA
Correctional Officer
Michael Donovan Teachout
IA Dept. of Corrections
EOW: November 28, 2020
Correctional Officer
Robert John Vidimos II
IA Dept. of Corrections
EOW: November 16, 2020
KENTUCKY
Night Chief James Vallard Smith
Barbourville Police Dept.
EOW: October 25, 1967
Police Chief Edward Scott Dennis
Bloomfield Police Dept.
EOW: December 4, 2020
Deputy Sheriff
Lee Daniel Manns
Breathitt County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: December 26, 2020
Correctional Officer
Thomas Anthony Brooks
KY Dept. of Corrections
EOW: August 13, 2020
Police Officer
Martez Keith Hughes
Louisville Metro Police Dept.
EOW: November 19, 2020
Reserve Deputy
Bruce Russell Gadansky
Oldham County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: November 30, 2020
Deputy Sheriff
Ronald Everett Bradley
Rockcastle County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: December 13, 2020
LOUISIANA
Sgt. Alvis Joseph West III
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office
EOW: April 3, 2020
Lt. Garry Peter Duplessis Jr.
Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office
EOW: April 28, 2020
Deputy Sheriff
Eric Anthony Frazier
Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office
EOW: April 18, 2020
Deputy Sheriff
Vanessa Patience Mackey
Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office
EOW: April 15, 2020
MARYLAND
Corrections Officer
Gregory Guy Collins
MD State Division of Correction
EOW: June 4, 2001
MASSACHUSETTS
Police Officer Jose V. Fontanez
Boston Police Dept.
EOW: April 14, 2020
Patrolman John Manuel Borges
Taunton Police Dept.
EOW: December 24, 2020
MICHIGAN
Police Officer
George Carl Emery
Eaton Rapids Police Dept.
EOW: May 31, 1947
Deputy Sheriff
James Wilbert Cranston
Genesee County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: July 26, 1945
Patrolman John S. Selock
Grosse Pointe Park Police Dept.
EOW: October 6, 1924
Patrolman
Edgar Phillip Laventure
Highland Park Police Dept.
EOW: July 20, 1920
Deputy Sheriff Earl L. Avery
Livingston County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: April 5, 1921
Deputy Game Warden
Patrick Thomas Waters
MI Dept. of Natural Resources
EOW: May 29, 1923
Special Investigator
Karl S. Zimmerman
MI Dept. of Natural Resources
EOW: December 21, 1932
Special Investigator
Elgin C. McDonough
MI Dept. of Natural Resources
EOW: December 21, 1932
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Clancy
Wayne County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: May 5, 1860
Deputy Sheriff Charles Small
Wayne County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: July 6, 1857
MISSISSIPPI
Deputy Town Marshal
Walker Cobb
Saucier Marshal’s Office
EOW: December 25, 1903
NEBRASKA
Reserve Deputy Kevin Patrick Kennedy Jr.
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: December 26, 2020
NEW JERSEY
Corrections Officer
Al-Mustafa Is-Salaam Pearson
Essex County Correctional Facility
EOW: October 6, 2020
Correctional Officer
Bernard T. Waddell Sr.
Hudson County Correctional Facility
EOW: April 1, 2020
Sr. Correctional Officer
Vincent R. Butler
NJ Dept. of Corrections
EOW: December 28, 2020
Patrolman Henry Hawthorne Hamilton
North Bergen Police Dept.
EOW: December 21, 1938
Police Officer Vincent L. Wilhelm
North Bergen Police Dept.
EOW: July 20, 1965
Detective Ronald James Yeager
Somerset County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: July 10, 2000
NEW MEXICO
Deputy Sheriff John McLeod
Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: January 16, 1897
NEW YORK
Sgt. Nemesio Vera
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: December 3, 2020
Detective Thomas J. Gallo
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: October 31, 2020
Inspector Michael O’Neil
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: October 28, 2020
Police Officer George F. Darini
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: October 22, 2020
Detective Peter Gianfrancesco
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: September 2, 2020
Sgt. David T. Yu
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: July 17, 2020
Lt. John C. Zonneveld
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: July 10, 2020
Detective
Leonard Daniel Cocco Jr.
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: June 12, 2020
Detective Mark Henry Rawdon
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: May 23, 2020
Asst. Chief John B. McManus
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: April 14, 2020
Detective Cedric G. Dixon
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: March 27, 2020
Police Officer Joseph C. Wagner
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: December 12, 2019
Lt. Michael F. Raimo
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: October 10, 2019
Police Officer Derrick A. Bishop
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: September 19, 2019
Detective Joseph Mark Paolillo
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: September 9, 2019
Detective Anthony N. Brognano
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: August 8, 2019
Police Officer Andrew Waring
New York City Police Dept.
EOW: June 17, 2019
Detective
William James Sullivan Jr.
Yonkers Police Dept.
EOW: April 11, 2020
NORTH CAROLINA
Assoc. Warden III
Julian Arsenio Priest III
NC Dept. of Public Safety — Div. of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
EOW: December 24, 2020
Correctional Sgt. III
Christopher Eugene Sorrenti
NC Dept. of Public Safety — Div. of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
EOW: November 30, 2020
Correctional Officer
Joseph Lloyd Greinke
NC Dept. of Public Safety — Div. of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
EOW: November 20, 2020
Correctional Officer III
Thomas Daniel Roberts Jr.
NC Dept. of Public Safety — Div. of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
EOW: November 16, 2020
Correctional Officer III
Charles Warren Harris Jr.
NC Dept. of Public Safety — Div. of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
EOW: October 28, 2020
Correctional Sgt. II
Michael Robert Flagg
NC Dept. of Public Safety — Div. of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
EOW: October 26, 2020
Correctional Officer II
Allen Bruce Trivett
NC Dept. of Public Safety — Div. of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
EOW: October 10, 2020
Deputy Sheriff D. Joseph Nichols
Orange County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 9, 1904
OKLAHOMA
Police Officer
Jerad Matthew Lindsey
Tulsa Police Dept.
EOW: October 28, 2020
PENNSYLVANIA
Corporal Robert Lee Walker
Chester Police Dept.
EOW: May 2, 2017
Police Officer
Michael James Joyce
Chester Police Dept.
EOW: February 1, 1993
Police Officer
Robert John Boyle Sr.
Chester Police Dept.
EOW: March 28, 1988
Police Officer
Lawrence John Fiorelli
Chester Police Dept.
EOW: August 7, 1986
Trooper Donald C. Brackett
PA State Police
EOW: May 18, 2019
RHODE ISLAND
Lt. Russell K. Freeman
RI Dept. of Corrections
EOW: December 14, 2020
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sgt. Henry William Buck
Charleston Police Dept.
EOW: February 27, 1921
Sgt. James Walter Hite
Columbia Police Dept.
EOW: June 25, 1934
Policeman Henry F. Brown
Columbia Police Dept.
EOW: August 17, 1921
Asst. Jailer
Hilton Theodore Smith
Columbia Police Dept.
EOW: May 18, 1910
Marshal William Thomas Cross
Columbia Police Dept.
EOW: December 24, 1855
Police Officer Henry Bluford
Newberry Police Dept.
EOW: October 19, 1874
TEXAS
Police Chief Olen Chester Pass
Denton Police Dept.
EOW: November 29, 1941
Special Deputy Constable
Cyrus Abel
Shackelford County Constable’s
Office — Precinct 4
EOW: June 30, 1800
Police Officer I
Brenda Lee LaFaso
TX Dept. of Criminal Justice
EOW: December 31, 2020
Corrections Officer V
Joe Charlie Landin
TX Dept. of Criminal Justice
EOW: December 28, 2020
Corrections Officer V
Phillip D. Holbert
TX Dept. of Criminal Justice
EOW: December 27, 2020
Corrections Officer IV
Harold Paul Smith Jr.
TX Dept. of Criminal Justice
EOW: December 15, 2020
Corrections Officer V
Timothy Lee Beggs
TX Dept. of Criminal Justice
EOW: December 9, 2020
Corrections Officer V
Elizabeth A. Jones
TX Dept. of Criminal Justice
EOW: August 15, 2020
Corrections Officer IV
Jackson M. Pongay
TX Dept. of Criminal Justice
EOW: July 19, 2020
Corrections Officer
Susan Ann Roberts
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 12, 2020
UTAH
Police Officer
Trenton F. Halladay
Provo Police Dept.
EOW: July 22, 2006
WASHINGTON
Deputy Sheriff
Reginald Bernard Thomas
King County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: September 7, 2020
Lt. Jon David Anderson
Spokane Police Dept.
EOW: July 5, 2019
Correctional Officer
David Alan Christensen
WA State Dept. of Corrections
EOW: December 29, 2020
WEST VIRGINIA
Capt. John Arthur Eckerson
Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: August 17, 2016
George William Spangler
Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office
EOW: February 19, 1927
WISCONSIN
Police Officer Mark Shawn Lentz
Milwaukee Police Dept.
EOW: September 18, 2019
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Special Agent
John William Bost III
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
EOW: July 28, 2020
Airman First Class
Elizabeth Nicole Jacobson
U.S. Air Force, Security Forces Directorate
EOW: September 28, 2005
Airman First Class
Leebernard E. Chavis
U.S. Air Force, Security Forces Directorate
EOW: October 14, 2006
Staff Sgt. Travis Lee Griffin
U.S. Air Force, Security Forces Directorate
EOW: April 3, 2008
Officer Troy Allen Adkins
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EOW: December 31, 2020
Officer Andrew Raymond Bouchard
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EOW: December 19, 2020
Officer Trainee
Wolf Ruben Valmond
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
EOW: December 15, 2019
Petty Officer Third Class
Nathan B. Bruckenthal
U.S. Coast Guard
EOW: April 24, 2004
Special Agent
Bradley John Harris
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, ICE
EOW: December 22, 2020
Deportation Officer
Danny Keith Laughner Jr.
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, ICE
EOW: October 1, 2020
Deportation Officer Juan Rojas
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, ICE
EOW: August 7, 2020
Deportation Officer
Ronald Roland Phillips
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, ICE
EOW: July 26, 2020
Park Ranger
James Donald Vaughn
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
EOW: April 26, 1958
Asst. Chief Ranger
Frederick R. Bergemeyer
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
EOW: August 23, 1952
Park Ranger
Raymond A. Johnson
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
EOW: October 14, 1939
Seasonal Park Ranger
Norman Nelson
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
EOW: July 29, 1934
Chief Park Ranger
William Clair Godfrey Sr.
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
EOW: November 17, 1930
Park Ranger Joseph E. Prince
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service
EOW: January 8, 1913
Special Deputy Marshal
Christopher Keenan
U.S. Marshals Service
EOW: November 9, 1913
Deputy Marshal James Kirby
U.S. Marshals Service
EOW: September 1, 1879
Special Agent in Charge
Charles Lunsford Friend
U.S. Secret Service
EOW: October 23, 2018
TRIBAL AGENCIES
Criminal Investigator
Esther Charley
Navajo Dept. of Criminal Investigations Services
EOW: June 22, 2020
Police Officer Michael E. Lee
Navajo Police Dept.
EOW: June 18, 2020
Police Officer
Bryan Robert Brown
Tohono O’odham Nation
Police Dept.
EOW: August 27, 2020
PUERTO RICO
Sgt. Ervin Castro-Dominguez
Carolina Municipal Police Dept.
EOW: September 11, 2020
Agent
Juan Ramon Ramírez-Padilla
Puerto Rico Police Dept.
EOW: November 13, 2020
First Lt.
Roberto Rodríguez-Hernández
Puerto Rico Police Dept.
EOW: November 4, 2020
